Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* It’s Election Day in Wisconsin, where voters will decide a closely watched state Supreme Court race, as well as in Florida, where there are a pair of congressional special elections being held in traditional Republican strongholds. There are also some down-ballot contests that election watchers will be keeping an eye on.
* The day before Election Day, Donald Trump said in reference to the Wisconsin race, “I hope you get out and vote for the Republican.” (Technically, the contest is nonpartisan, though the president was clearly referring to conservative judge Brad Schimel.) Trump went on to say that he won the Badger State “three times,” which was a familiar lie: He has falsely claimed countless times that he carried Wisconsin in 2020, despite election results that proved otherwise.
* On a related note, at the same White House event, the president also publicly endorsed a proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would enshrine an existing voter ID law.
* Last week, Trump signed an outrageous executive order related to election administration policy, and this week much of the Democratic Party’s institutions — including the DNC, the Democratic Governors Association, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate — filed a federal lawsuit challenging the White House power grab.
* In Arizona, there will be a special election to replace the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva, and this week his daughter, Adelita Grijalva, announced that she’s running to succeed him. She’s currently serving as a Pima County supervisor. * In Georgia, Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath recently launched an exploratory bid for governor, but this week, she suspended the effort in order to focus on her husband’s health problems. It’s still possible, however, that the congresswoman could revive the 2026 bid in the near future. * And speaking of Georgia, the U.S. Justice Department had filed suit against voting restrictions imposed by Georgia Republican policymakers after the 2020 cycle. This week, Trump-appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the demise of the case.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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